Hornbill Poem 4 : Childhood MCQs Here are Hornbill Poem 4 : Childhood MCQs 1. What question does the poet repeat throughout the poem? What happens after death? Where did my toys go? When did my childhood go? Why do adults lie? 2. What does the poet question in the poem? How the seasons change When and where he lost his childhood Why it rains Why people grow old 3. Where does the poet say his childhood has gone? Lost in his memories Hidden in an infant’s face Buried in the past Trapped in a dream 4. What does the poet say about Heaven and Hell? They are created by humans They can be visited They do not exist in geography books They are real places 5. What does the poet mean by ‘the face of an infant’? A mirror His lost memories The innocence of childhood His younger self 6. What does the poet notice about adults? They do not practice what they preach They are always happy They never make mistakes They live in the past 7. Who is the poet of ‘Childhood’? Markus Natten William Wordsworth Walt Whitman Robert Frost 8. What does the poem reflect on? The importance of imagination The beauty of the countryside The struggle of school life The transition from childhood to adulthood 9. What realization marks the poet’s loss of childhood? The excitement of birthdays The magic of fairy tales The importance of school The hypocrisy of adults 10. What is the central theme of the poem? The loss of childhood The joy of playing The hardships of life The beauty of nature Loading …